Media in Rockford, Illinois

This is a listing of the broadcasters and published media targeted at Rockford, Illinois.

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	ERP (W)	Nickname	Format	RDS	HD
88.3	WFEN	Rockford	Faith Academy	1991	8,500	The Lighthouse	Christian	Yes	No
89.1	WNIE	Freeport	Northern Illinois University	1999	6,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	No	No
89.5	WNIJ	DeKalb	Northern Illinois University	1954	50,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	Yes	Yes
90.5	WNIU	Rockford	Northern Illinois University	1991	50,000	WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
91.1	WILV	Loves Park	Educational Media Foundation	1988	7,000	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes [a&t]	No
91.7	WZKL	Woodstock	Educational Media Foundation	2010	6,500	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes [a&t]	No
92.1	WFPS	Freeport	Big Radio	November 1, 1970	3,600	Kickin' Country K92	Country	Yes	No
92.5	WCLR	DeKalb	Educational Media Foundation	1961	20,000	K-Love	Christian contemporary	Yes	No
93.3	WHJG-LP	Rockford	Pelley Road Christian Fellowship	2005	100	93.3 WHJG	Christian	No	No
93.7	WBGR-FM	Monroe	Big Radio	1959	36,000	Big FM 93.7	Oldies/News/Talk	Yes	No
94.5	W233AD	Rockford	Family Radio		38	[t] 91.9 WJCH	Christian	No	No
94.9	WDKB	DeKalb	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1990	3,000	94.9 WDKB	Hot AC	No	No
95.3	WRTB	Winnebago	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1967	1,250	95-3 The Bull	Country	Yes	No
95.7	WSEY	Oregon	NRG Media	1999	3,200	Sky 95.7	Adult Contemporary	Yes	No
96.7	WKGL-FM	Loves Park	Townsquare Media	1964	2,200	96.7 The Eagle	Classic Rock	Yes [a&t]	No
97.5	WZOK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	1949	50,000	97ZOK	CHR/Pop	Yes [a&t]	No
98.5	WXXQ	Freeport	Townsquare Media	1965	11,000	Q98.5	Country	Yes [a&t]	No
99.3	WTPB-LP	Rockford	Third Presbyterian Church of Rockford	2005	47		Variety	No	No
99.9	WJVL	Janesville	Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting	1947	11,000	99.9 WJVL	Country	Yes [a&t]	No
100.5	W263BJ	Loves Park	Mid-West Family Broadcasting		230	[t] 104.9 WXRX-HD2, 100 FM	Classic Hits	Yes	No
100.9	WQFL	Rockford	Educational Media Foundation	1974	2,700	Air 1	Contemporary Christian	Yes [a&t]	No
102.3	WYOT	Rochelle	Rochelle Broadcasting Company	October 5, 1973	6,000	102.3 The Coyote	Country	Yes [a&t]	No
103.1	WGFB	Rockton	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1963	2,400	B103	Hot AC	Yes	No
104.9	WXRX	Belvidere	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1971	4,000	104-9 The X	Mainstream Rock	Yes	3
105.7	W289AB	Rockford	Northern Illinois University		55	[t] 90.5 WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
106.3	WYRB	Genoa	Crawford Broadcasting	2001	3,800	Power 106	Rhythmic	Yes [a&t]	Yes
107.3	WSJY	Fort Atkinson	NRG Media	1959	26,000	107-3 WSJY	Adult Contemporary	Yes [a&t]	No

• ^[a&t] displays artist and title on Radio Data System
• ^[t] FM translator: repeats another station's program

AM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	Day Power (W)	Night Power	Nickname	Format	Stereo	HD
1330	WNTA	Rockford	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1953	1,000	91	Sportsfan Radio	Sports	No	No
1380	WBEL	South Beloit	Big Radio	1948	5,000	5,000	The Beat	90's	No	No
1440	WROK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	1923	5,000	270	News Talk 1440 WROK	News/Talk	No	No
1490	WGEZ	Beloit	Big Radio	1948	1,000	1,000	Iron Country	Traditional Country	No	No
1520	WLUV	Loves Park	VCY America	1963	500	12.5	Christian Information Radio	Christian	No	No

Television

Virt. Ch.	Call	City	Owner	Operator	Start	Digital Ch.	DTV	Nickname	Programming
13.1	WREX	Rockford	Allen Media Broadcasting		October 1, 1953	13	1080i	13 WREX	NBC
13.3							480i	Rockford's MeTV	MeTV
13.4							480i	Court TV	Court TV
13.5							480i	True Crime Network	True Crime Network
17.1	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Media Group	May 3, 1953	16	720p	WTVO Channel 17	ABC
17.2							720p	MyTV	MyNetworkTV
17.3							480i	Laff	Laff
17.4							480i	Grit	Grit
23.1	WIFR-LD	Rockford	Gray Television		September 12, 1965	28	1080i	23 WIFR	CBS
23.2							720p	Antenna TV	Antenna TV
23.3							480i	Circle TV	Circle (TV network)
23.4							480i	Ion	Ion Television
23.5							720p	Stateline CW	The CW
23.10	WREX	Rockford	Allen Media Broadcasting		October 1, 1953	13	720p	WREXCBS	Simulcast of WIFR-LD
23.11	WFBN-LD	Rockford	Weigel Broadcasting		March 16, 2007	35	1080i	23 WIFR	Simulcast of WIFR-LD
35.1							480i	H&I	Heroes & Icons
35.2							480i	Telemundo Wisconsin	Simulcast of WYTU-LD
39.1	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Media Group		November 27, 1978	36	720p	Fox 39	Fox
39.2							480i	Bounce Rockford	Bounce TV
39.3							480i	Court TV Mystery	Court TV Mystery
39.4							480i	Rewind	Rewind TV
47.1	WYCH-LD	Rockford	Hispanic Family Christian Network		December 18, 2012	47	480i		Multilingual

Rockford is one of a few US markets with no PBS station of its own. PBS Wisconsin member station WHA-TV (UHF channel 20, virtual channel 21.1) in neighboring Madison and Chicago-based WTTW serve as the default member stations for the Rockford market via cable and satellite; the former station's over-the-air analog signal was viewable in portions of the Rockford area prior to the 2009 digital television transition.

Print media

• Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture - monthly magazine; founded 1977; features executive editor Scott P. Richert's monthly column about Rockford, "The Rockford Files"
• Community Bargain Hunter - weekly classified publication; founded 2006; circulation 16,000 ^[1]
• Northwest Quarterly - quarterly magazine; circulation 176,300 ^[2]
• Rock River Times - weekly newspaper; independently owned since 1987; circulation 2,500 ^[3]
• Rockford Register Star - daily newspaper; founded 1855; circulation 50,000 ^[4]

References

1. Community Bargain Hunter
2. Northwest Quarterly
3. Rock River Times
4. Rockford Register Star